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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1875
Page
4
The piece argues farmers face uncertain returns yet will sow again due to soil, moisture, and odds in Colorado. It compares farming to gambling, noting risk, potential wealth, and the drive of intelligent perseverance, urging resilience and continued investment despite losses.
A newspaper note questions claims that old grasshoppers cause most damage. It argues young hoppers eat grains and vegetables, stay put until flight in 30 to 60 days, and doubly notes entomologist Prof Riley’s disputed influence. Farmers seek clarity on regional presence and remedies.
The speaker laments lack of facts behind forecasts from scientists and the Signal Service Bureau. Without solid data there is only conjecture, undermining science and national guidance. He warns that continued empty knowledge will erode public trust and funding until meaningful science returns.
The GreeLey Tribune argues against Spirit manifestations while railing at ghost stories and seances, then shifts to insect damage and crop prospects, outlining a booming newspaper business cost, type costs, and printing pressures for a 6 000 to 10 000 population community.
The article discusses substantial clean money spent on new material, presses, offices, and real estate across Colorado offices. It notes travel by Col. Forney in France praising temperance, while American drinkers risk intoxication regardless of beverage. It cites The Rocky Mountain Journal on independent newspaper business and Denver’s push for merit and independence, mentions Brigham Young polygamy cases, rail expansion to Pueblo, grasshopper plagues near Kansas City and independence, and land office rulings extending pre-emptor relief for crop losses.
Hon B G Bowe of Henry county Dr Dunn of Jackson county and other western county leaders urged merchants in St Louis to speed relief funds noting destitution in Henry Bates Cass Johnson Vernon and Jackson counties is severe and could worsen without timely aid.
Cleve Lann reports delegates at the Presbyterian General Assembly are arranging a Colorado excursion at session end. Ministers not in attendance and their families may join along the line. tickets available onboard via an agent on the C. C. C. & L. road train.
Washington May 30. Sioux Indians have been counseling among themselves to decide on a plan to let the government have the Black Hills with right of way through their lands and to receive a good price.
A Jersey City man attempted to file a complaint against his wife but could not provide her first name. He testified he had never known her first name, hindering magistrate involvement in filling the warrant.
A Chicago Tribune account details Mrs Lincoln's long struggle with guilt, fear, and seclusion after Lincoln's assassination. It describes herwithdrawal, hysterical fears, and a guardian-like intervention culminating in court-ordered detention led by Sheriff and included interviews with Leonard Swett. The piece notes her calm demeanor amid adversities and lack of violence in proceedings.
Drayton's Memoirs describe a silver gilded mace used by the serjeant at arms of the Provincial Senate. Once abducted by Lord William Campbell, it survived reconstruction and now rests in the South Carolina secretary's office in Columbia. It cost about 200 guineas, is four feet long, crowned with the great seal, and features the provincial seal’s faces.
W H Jackson, photographer of the Hayden expedition, arrives with Mrs Jackson and plans to spend the summer in Colorado. Dr Hayden, Prof Gardner, and others will arrive soon. The outfitting camp is at Fisher Place on Clear Creek with camp artists already at work. Field operations expected between June 5 and 10.
July 1 marking the new law increases postal order rates. The article notes the government loses money by charging 5e on all sums under 3l0, covering about seven eighths of issued orders. The discovery prompted attention from American lawmakers as they consider adjustments to revenue and rates.
Denver’s moneyed citizens donated to the Boulder county re planting fund with D Hurd & Son giving 200 dollars and several others contributing varied sums. In all about five hundred dollars was raised in one day to reseed devastated fields and aid the most needy and deserving.
Episcopal Bishop of Nebraska and Dakota issues a harvest prayer to clergy to read at morning and evening services. The plea asks God's blessing on harvest, protection from locusts, favorable weather, and grace to thank Him for blessings through Jesus Christ.
Hon G W Mann former Territorial legislator from Summit county was struck dead near Monument during a thunderstorm while repairing a fence. His clothing and boots torn by the bolt, his body burnt and mutilated, witnessed by his wife and mother at the doorway. The report adds local notes on grasshoppers, Snake River Pass openings, and ore dumps in Montezuma district.
H. J. Justice as manager opens the Georgetown and Snake River Pack train at ten this morning on the first trip of the season. The line will run to rich mining districts beyond the Range via the Argentine Pass with wagons on the road as quickly as practicable to clear deep drifts obstructing the western slope.
The Denver Tribune reports Col. W. A. Heath of Denver has discovered an alabaster marble quarry near Morrison and established works in the city connected with the Green Mountain quarry, turning out fine specimens of table tops and stand caps.
The Denver News profiles E T Nichols a notable Greeley citizen who once assisted the Jenny Lind Concerts and led large ventures in youth now described as an honest farmer and hayseed wearing local figure in public life.
In a note on newspaper economics the Denver News questions the viability of a new evening paper amid high daily costs and tough times. The idea of a yearly edition is floated as a possible alternative to sustain readership and profits.
In Detroit at a hotel, a dying brakeman lingered as fellow railroad workers kept vigil. He spoke trains and routes in his final moments, naming the Saginaw road and Ann Arbor before death closed the old journey on a night marked by yard engines and distant bells.
Local items note Ed. Bouton becoming manager of the Denver and Boulder Valley Telegraph. Reports cover weather, crops, hay stacks near the depot, river levels, visits by prominent figures, a grasshopper battle, mining rumors west of La Porte, and upcoming lectures and church services.
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